SoftRAM (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "SoftRAM" in English language version.

Last modified: 10:29:20, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

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arnnet.com.au (Global: low place; English: low place)

IDG staff writers. "PC Solutions". ARN. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.

cnet.com (Global: 447^th place; English: 345^th place)

Kanellos, Michael (July 22, 1998). "SoftRAM 95 maker in Chapter 11". CNET News. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)

Nelson, Brian (January 19, 1996). "Software allegedly doubles trouble instead of memory". CNN. Archived from the original on January 10, 2002. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

digitaltrends.com (Global: 2,318^th place; English: 1,437^th place)

"Tech Publication". www.digitaltrends.com. 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-04-27.

drdobbs.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Russinovich, Mark; Cogswell, Bryce; Schulman, Andrew (August 1, 1996). "Inside SoftRAM 95". Dr. Dobb's Journal. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

ftc.gov (Global: 4,627^th place; English: 2,648^th place)

Shapiro, Howard (July 10, 1996). "Computer Software Manufacturer Agrees to Settle Charges of Software Misrepresentation" (Press release). Federal Trade Commission. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

heise.de (Global: 905^th place; English: 3,454^th place)

Storm, Ingo T.; Persson, Christian [in German] (December 1995). "Placebo forte! Was wirklich hinter SoftRAM 95 steckt". c't (in German). Archived from the original on April 11, 2005. Retrieved May 9, 2016. English version: Storm, Ingo T.; Persson, Christian (December 1995). "Placebo plus! The truth behind SoftRAM 95". c't. Archived from the original on January 11, 2005. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
"Placebo forte! Was wirklich hinter SoftRAM 95 steckt". C't. 1995 (12): 100. 1995-11-11. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2020-05-10.

microsoft.com (Global: 263^rd place; English: 259^th place)

devblogs.microsoft.com

Chen, Raymond (11 November 2021). "The inside story of the outside investigation of SoftRam95". www.Devblogs.Microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2023-11-04. Retrieved 2023-11-04. I found the compression algorithm...They implemented only one compression algorithm. It was memcpy. In other words, their vaunted patent-pending compression algorithm was "copy the data uncompressed"...with a stub compression function that did no compression...

nd.edu (Global: 2,343^rd place; English: 1,280^th place)

www3.nd.edu

Dibbell, Julian (November 27, 1995). "A trick of memory?". Time Magazine. Retrieved February 7, 2025.

pcworld.com (Global: 1,889^th place; English: 1,323^rd place)

Tynan, Dan (May 26, 2006). "The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time". PC World. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
Spector, Lincoln (August 1998). "Syncronys's BigDisk Spells Big Risk". PC World. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

sec.gov (Global: 617^th place; English: 437^th place)

"1996 Proxy statement pursuant to section 14(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for Syncronys Softcorp". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. October 28, 1996. p. 8. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
"SEC: Order making findings and revoking registrations by default" (PDF). SEC. October 20, 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2019.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Chen, Raymond (11 November 2021). "The inside story of the outside investigation of SoftRam95". www.Devblogs.Microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2023-11-04. Retrieved 2023-11-04. I found the compression algorithm...They implemented only one compression algorithm. It was memcpy. In other words, their vaunted patent-pending compression algorithm was "copy the data uncompressed"...with a stub compression function that did no compression...
Shapiro, Howard (July 10, 1996). "Computer Software Manufacturer Agrees to Settle Charges of Software Misrepresentation" (Press release). Federal Trade Commission. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
"1996 Proxy statement pursuant to section 14(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for Syncronys Softcorp". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. October 28, 1996. p. 8. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
Tynan, Dan (May 26, 2006). "The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time". PC World. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
"Tech Publication". www.digitaltrends.com. 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
Russinovich, Mark; Cogswell, Bryce; Schulman, Andrew (August 1, 1996). "Inside SoftRAM 95". Dr. Dobb's Journal. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
Storm, Ingo T.; Persson, Christian [in German] (December 1995). "Placebo forte! Was wirklich hinter SoftRAM 95 steckt". c't (in German). Archived from the original on April 11, 2005. Retrieved May 9, 2016. English version: Storm, Ingo T.; Persson, Christian (December 1995). "Placebo plus! The truth behind SoftRAM 95". c't. Archived from the original on January 11, 2005. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
"Placebo forte! Was wirklich hinter SoftRAM 95 steckt". C't. 1995 (12): 100. 1995-11-11. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
Seltzer, Larry (November 7, 1995). "SoftRAM95 Does Not Compress RAM In PC Magazine Lab Tests". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on February 23, 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
Nelson, Brian (January 19, 1996). "Software allegedly doubles trouble instead of memory". CNN. Archived from the original on January 10, 2002. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
Kanellos, Michael (July 22, 1998). "SoftRAM 95 maker in Chapter 11". CNET News. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
Spector, Lincoln (August 1998). "Syncronys's BigDisk Spells Big Risk". PC World. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
IDG staff writers. "PC Solutions". ARN. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
"SEC: Order making findings and revoking registrations by default" (PDF). SEC. October 20, 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2019.

zdnet.com (Global: 1,235^th place; English: 855^th place)

Seltzer, Larry (November 7, 1995). "SoftRAM95 Does Not Compress RAM In PC Magazine Lab Tests". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on February 23, 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

SoftRAM (English Wikipedia)

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